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Moon phases October 1978

New moon
Mon 02 Oct
06:41 UTC
First quarter
Mon 09 Oct
09:38 UTC
Full · Hunter's
Mon 16 Oct
06:10 UTC
Last quarter
Tue 24 Oct
00:34 UTC
New moon
Tue 31 Oct
20:07 UTC

In October 1978 the primary moon phases are the New Moon on Monday, October 2 at 06:41 UTC, the First Quarter on Monday, October 9 at 09:38 UTC, the Full Moon on Monday, October 16 at 06:10 UTC, the Last Quarter on Tuesday, October 24 at 00:34 UTC and the New Moon on Tuesday, October 31 at 20:07 UTC. The full moon is the Hunter's Moon.

01 Waning Crescent, 1% lit 1% 02New New Moon, 0% lit 0%06:41 03 Waxing Crescent, 2% lit 2% 04 Waxing Crescent, 6% lit 6% 05 Waxing Crescent, 12% lit 12% 06 Waxing Crescent, 20% lit 20% 07 Waxing Crescent, 29% lit 29% 08 Waxing Crescent, 40% lit 40% 09First Q First Quarter, 51% lit 51%09:38 10 Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit 63% 11 Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 12 Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit 83% 13 Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit 91% 14 Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit 96% 15 Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit 99% 16Full Full Moon, 100% lit 100%06:10 17 Waning Gibbous, 98% lit 98% 18 Waning Gibbous, 94% lit 94% 19 Waning Gibbous, 88% lit 88% 20 Waning Gibbous, 81% lit 81% 21 Waning Gibbous, 73% lit 73% 22 Waning Gibbous, 64% lit 64% 23 Waning Gibbous, 55% lit 55% 24Last Q Last Quarter, 46% lit 46%00:34 25 Waning Crescent, 36% lit 36% 26 Waning Crescent, 27% lit 27% 27 Waning Crescent, 19% lit 19% 28 Waning Crescent, 12% lit 12% 29 Waning Crescent, 6% lit 6% 30 Waning Crescent, 2% lit 2% 31New New Moon, 0% lit 0%20:07

Exact phase times

October 1978 has five primary moon phases: the New Moon on October 2, the First Quarter on October 9, the Full Moon on October 16, the Last Quarter on October 24 and the New Moon on October 31.

PhaseDateUTCYour time
New MoonMonday, October 2, 197806:41
First QuarterMonday, October 9, 197809:38
Full MoonMonday, October 16, 197806:10
Last QuarterTuesday, October 24, 197800:34
New MoonTuesday, October 31, 197820:07

Monday, October 16, 1978: Hunter's Moon, 377,777 km from Earth.

Full moons · 1978

Twelve full moons, one blue

24 Jan Wolf Micromoon 23 Feb Snow 24 Mar Worm total eclipse 23 Apr Pink 22 May Flower Blue moon 20 Jun Straw­berry Supermoon 20 Jul Buck Supermoon 18 Aug Sturgeon Supermoon 16 Sept Harvest total eclipse 16 Oct Hunter’s 14 Nov Beaver 14 Dec Cold